DCC Leadership Podcast

"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (Psalm 118:22 NIV). This passage from Psalm 118 is quoted in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke and is twice referred to by the Apostle Peter. In this episode of "Spending Time with the Text," Dr. Corey Auen, Chair of the DCC Worship Arts Department, offers insight into the hallel psalms and the role that Old Testament prophetic texts played in the confirmation of Jesus Christ as the Messiah.


This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

How many times have you read through a passage of Scripture over and over only to have a new meaning or understanding jump out to you, seemingly out of nowhere? Indeed the "word of God is living and active" (Hebrews 4:12, NRSV). For the next five weeks we are sharing a new series of podcasts entitled "Spending Time with the Text." We hope these short exegetical-homiletical commentaries will encourage you through this season of Lent, leading up to Easter. In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, Dr. Eddy Sanders, Chair of the Practical Ministries Department at Dallas Christian College, offers unique insight into Mark 9:31 and the concept of being "handed over."

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Are you overwhelmed with the demands of being a full-time parent while at the same time trying to supervise your child's education? The Coronavirus Pandemic has forced many parents into a role that most were not trained for or ever expected to fulfill. In this episode of DCC's Leadership Podcast, DCC Alumni Caroline Worley ('76 Graduate of DCC - MA Literature and Education from UTPB) and Jonathan Harvell ('09 Graduate of DCC - M. Ed. Educational Leadership from Lamar University) offer their insights and expertise as professional educators to those having to oversee their children's education at home. This is a timely and useful podcast for the season we are currently experiencing.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

This week we enter the liturgical season of Lent with the observance of Ash Wednesday on February 17th. In this episode of DCC's Leadership Podcast, Dr. Corey Auen (DCC Worship Arts Department Chair) and Mr. Mark Worley (Vice-President of Institutional Advancement) continue their discussion on the importance of marking time in the Christian context and the effect it has on our spiritual formation. Dr. Auen focuses specifically on the biblical and historical instructions connected with the spiritual discipline of fasting.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Have you ever wondered how it is that God could love you? And what exactly is this thing called, "God's love?" In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, the Chair of DCC's Psychology Department, Dr. Lyndsey Neal, shares her understanding of the nature of love and the amazing way that God demonstrates His love for us. This presentation is from a devotion she recorded as part of Compass Christian Church's Compass Daily series.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

In today's world we hear a lot of different titles connected with the role of chaplain: Hospice Chaplain, Team Chaplain, Corporate Chaplain, Military Chaplain, just to name a few. The spiritual guidance and support that a chaplain offers during unique seasons of one's life makes this an important role in the spiritual formation of believers. In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, Dr. Eddy Sanders, Chair of the Practical Ministries Department at Dallas Christian College, offers unique insight into this ministry career based on his calling into the chaplaincy. 

Links from podcast:

https://www.cec-chap.org/

https://acpe.edu/

https://chaplain.org/

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

As we move into this new year, one of many challenges facing the new administration is the extreme political and racial division in our country. In this follow-up to last week's episode of Dallas Christian College's Leadership Podcast, DCC Professor of History, Fred Villa, highlights the significant events and successes of the civil rights movement of the United States. His discussion on the achievements of the past gives us a greater appreciation of the sacrifice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the '50s and '60s and offers a glimmer of hope as we look to the future.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Today our country pauses to remember and honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. In this episode of the Dallas Christian College Leadership Podcast, DCC Professor of History, Fred Villa, shares his years of years of knowledge and expertise in the civil rights movement of the United States. This engaging discussion between Professor Villa and Mark Worley, DCC's Vice-President of Institutional Advancement, gives us all something to consider as we navigate one of the many challenges confronting our nation in 2021.


This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

All of us would agree that 2020 was an extremely challenging year! Yet, in spite of all the difficulties, there were still plenty of good lessons that were learned. In this episode of Dallas Christian College's Leadership Podcast, DCC's Vice-President of Institutional Advancement, Mark Worley, and Director of Advancement, Scott Spies, get personal and share their lessons learned from 2020 and offer some predictions, goals and hopes for the coming new year, 2021.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

As 2020 comes to an end and we move into the new year, anxiety, stress, depression and suicide have increased exponentially as our society has dealt with the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode of Dallas Christian College's Leadership Podcast, DCC's Psychology Department Chair, Dr. Lyndsey Neal, offers some very practical and biblical ways to overcome these feelings of worry and uncertainty. This is a podcast that everyone should listen to as we begin 2021!

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Scripture References from podcast:

• Exodus 14:13​
• Deuteronomy 3:22​
• Joshua 10:8
• Luke 12:32​
• Matthew 9:35-36
• Matthew 11:28-30
• John 13:14-15, 34-35
• Philippians 2:3-4
• Philippians 4:6-7